{"id":1852,"date":"2011-09-09T13:13:28","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T17:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2011-09-09T13:13:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-09T17:13:28","slug":"double-standards-on-religion-and-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2011\/09\/double-standards-on-religion-and-crime.html","title":{"rendered":"Double Standards on Religious Affiliation and Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/img.skitch.com\/20110908-i8anarqbxxwm5j5t96cjeeiwd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"545\"><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2011\/09\/chart-of-the-day-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+andrewsullivan%2FrApM+%28The+Daily+Dish%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">above<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com\/2011\/09\/chart-of-the-day-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+andrewsullivan%2FrApM+%28The+Daily+Dish%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Reader\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">infographic<\/a> seemed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/reports\/2011\/0906_american_attitudes.aspx\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">relevant<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/community\/exploringourmatrix\/2011\/09\/09\/religion-does-not-always-correlate-with-ethics\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">in connection with my previous post<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/friendlyatheist\/2011\/09\/08\/if-people-of-faith-commit-a-crime-do-they-still-represent-the-faith\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">HT Hemant Mehta<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The above infographic seemed relevant in connection with my previous post. 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